Description Portfolio Director – Maritime Location: Farnborough, with flexibility to work from home dependent on business demands The Role: Leidos UK is seeking an experienced and motivated Maritime Portfolio Director / Delivery Lead to lead the Maritime Portfolio National Security and Defence (NS&D)

The Portfolio Director will join the NS&D leadership team leading and managing the delivery of high-quality technical products and services to our government and commercial customers

The successful candidate will be accountable to the Managing Director of the National Security & Defence Division in Leidos UK for all aspects of delivery for Maritime

You will head up a Senior Leadership Team of senior Programme Managers, Technical Experts and Service Delivery professionals to drive the delivery of a service which constitutes our Maritime portfolio

You will be comfortable in engaging with individuals at all levels from Senior Government staff and Leidos Executives in both the UK, US and AUS as we pull through from broader capabilities

This is a true ‘Director’ role in which you will be comfortable with delegation, staff development and the management of a complex and diverse team of professionals

You will be an excellent communicator in all mediums and have a strong set of personal values, including integrity

Leidos believes in collaborative working and that is the goal in this programme; engaging closely with our customers to understand their needs and working together to deliver the outcomes that will satisfy within the available budget

Structured and clear planning is critical to success and the successful candidate will have a clear approach to planning new work, which they will share with the wider team to drive continuous improvement

An individual with experience in delivering platforms, autonomy and product development in the Maritime domain, with understanding of Systems Thinking and principles with experience in Systems Engineering as an advantage

This is an area with significant investment and strategic importance with scope for the successful candidate to build and expand a high performing team

Role responsibilities As Programme Director/Delivery Lead you will be accountable for Delivery with a focus on: Actively managing the strategy and future pipeline of work with the customer

Close and collaborative engagement with the customer team at all levels to support prioritisation and delivery of the work against critical customer and programmatic milestones

System Engineering delivery through Trials and Evaluation and with a full lifecycle of delivery

Technical, programmatic and financial management of the service and transformation work supported by and supporting the senior management team

Owning and maintaining the ways of working, governance and change management workflows to optimise delivery while remaining aligned to Leidos and customer policy

Management of a diverse and highly skilled engineering team, including delegation of responsibilities and performance management

Regular reporting to customer and Leidos executives to support effective information sharing and strategic decision making

Supporting the Division and wider business through regular, clear and accurate forecasts of resource demand, financial position and contract delivery

Who are we looking for? We love to work with people who have a passion for leading work to solve complex problems in challenging environments: optimising and continuously improving services for our customers

For this role, you will be a Director not just a manager, able to develop and maintain a strategic vision while delegating the work; supporting and trusting your team to deliver

You will have a strong depth of Domain and Engineering experience to be able to manage delivery, risk mitigation and product lifecycle You will be self-motivated and lead by example, especially when under pressure

While delegation will deliver the majority of the work you will be unafraid to get your hands dirty when circumstances call for it

As a professional PM you will have a deep subject matter expertise in all aspect of delivery and as a leader you will be happy to shoulder accountability for delivery of programme performance in a strongly customer facing role

You will be a robust and effective communicator across a variety of means, comfortable directly engaging with customers and colleagues and able to clearly put your points across transparently and in support of your goals and objectives

You will be skilled in explaining technical matters to non-specialists as required

An analytical mind will be key in this role – enabling you to demonstrate an analytical and systematic approach to technical, stakeholder and other challenges and to articulate complex ideas in a straightforward manner. A high-level understanding of the Systems Approach will help

You will need excellent decision making skills and understand the need to make or support the team with decisions based on less than all of the information in some circumstances The successful candidate will have: Proven experience of successfully leading and delivering large scale Maritime programmes (£50m), including profit & loss responsibility

Proven experience of working on and leadership roles in bids and growth

Experience in working with UK Government organisations sufficient to understand how public organisations work and how they can be supported in delivering effectively and efficiently

You will have worked in disciplines which provide a sufficiently technical background or knowledge to rapidly gain an in-depth understanding of the commercial and technical aspects of the programme and wider Division

Previous experience demonstrating strong resource management and cross-functional engagement experience, including actively engaging with business leaders in other disciplines (commercial, supply chain, finance, HR, trade compliance) to understand and account for their needs

Strong people skills, able to motive, influence and enable individuals both inside and outside of their direct management, including mentoring, coaching and performance management

Additional Information We operate a high paced and exciting collaborative working environment where the work you do is customer facing and has demonstrable real-world impact

As such we value our staff highly and are committed to training, career development and providing opportunities to progress

The main location for this role will be Farnborough UK, although this will a flexible role as required working with the team

Flexibility is required to be able to travel to other Leidos sites and Customer sites as needed

This role supports the delivery of National Security and as such, candidates need to hold MOD Security Clearance

What we do for you: At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference

We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent

Our reward scheme includes: • Contributory Pension Scheme • Private Medical Insurance • 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays) • Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme) • Flexi-Time Working Commitment to Diversity: We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture

We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs

Who We Are: Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation

What Makes Us Different: Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe

We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions

Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world

You can inspire change

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team

We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years

Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing

We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others

At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future

At Leidos, we don’t want someone who “fits the mold”—we want someone who melts it down and builds something better

This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, “what’s next?” before the dust settles on “what’s now.” If you’re already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2… good

You’ll fit right in

Original Posting: For U.S

Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above

Pay Range: £94,700.00-£126,300

00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary

Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law

About Leidos Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16

7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025

For more information, visit www

Leidos.com

Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision

That’s why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers

Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement

More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits

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Commitment to Non-Descrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law

Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws

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